British Foreign Secretary Cameron: I believe the United States will provide additional funds to support Ukraine.

British Foreign Secretary: I hope to have a dialogue with the President of Guyana and other regional leaders later on Venezuela.

MERCOSUR countries joint statement: Urging Venezuela and Guyana to engage in dialogue and seek a peaceful solution.

In the week ending December 2, foreign central banks held US Treasury bonds of -$630 million, compared with the previous value of -$11.836 billion.

USD/JPY basically recovered the losses from the early morning plunge and hit the 144 mark again.

According to the Wall Street Journal: Blackstone Group (BX.N) is partnering with Digital Realty to invest US$7 billion in building a data center, in which Blackstone will have 80% ownership.

Stellantis (STLA.N): It will adjust the operating model of two U.S. factories to meet California regulations, which will cause some employees to lose their jobs.

Investment Company Institute (ICI): U.S. money market fund assets rose to a record $5.9 trillion.

European Mediterranean Seismological Center: A 5.7-magnitude earthquake occurred in the Puebla region of Mexico.

U.S. consumer credit in October was US$5.134 billion, compared with US$9 billion expected and the previous value of US$9.057 billion.

Market news: U.S. senators have introduced bipartisan legislation to enforce sanctions against Hamas.

Fund analysis company Lipper: U.S. municipal bond funds experienced outflows of $144 million in the latest week.

Fund analysis company Lipper: In the latest week, U.S. loan funds had inflows of US$82.5 million; investment-grade funds had inflows of US$633.3 million; high-yield funds had inflows of US$2.05 billion.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Yellen: The Federal Reserve has been firm and I am very optimistic about the development path of the U.S. economy.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Yellen: The United States wants to achieve geographical diversification to maintain the flexibility of the U.S. supply chain, which creates opportunities for Mexico.

Deputy Governor of the Bank of Canada: It is clear that we are not on a sustainable path to achieve the 2% inflation target.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Yellen: Mexico-U.S. economic relations require a more efficient payment system to reduce remittance costs.

Hang Seng Index futures closed up 0.25% in night trading at 16,423 points, a 77-point premium.

U.S. Defense Secretary Austin spoke with his Saudi counterpart about the Houthi threat.